Thus spake "Origami on behalf of Gerardo @neorigami.com"
<origami-boun...@lists.digitalorigami.com on behalf of gera...@neorigami.com>
on 4/30/17, 11:53 AM:
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When I create a practical model my creation process corresponds to that
intent. So as I create I ask myself if it really is working and if it is a
smart design regarding the model's function. I wondered about that as I saw
some of Mr. Mitani's models. Did Mitani created some of the models,
particularly the ones that look like containers, with the intent of them
being precisely containers? Did Mitani, instead, create them as purely
aesthethic artworks?
I don’t know about Mitani-san’s intentions, but the (likely) originator of the
genre, Chris K. Palmer, called his designs (of the late 1990s/early 2000s)
“polypouches,” which pretty clearly indicated their intended container
functionality.
In Mitani’s excellent book “3D Origami Art,” he notes Fujimoto’s work on
twisted closures for containers as predecessor work and mentions the utility of
the closure for candy boxes, so at the very least, he was aware of the
application. Precisely what his intentions are for any particular form, though,
he does not say (at least, not in his book).
Robert
